does anyone on here butcher/salvage meat from pet cats and/or dogs?

I'll pass.

Larry, welcome to the forum.

Wayne said, "For myself it is a matter of relationship. My horse interacts with me in a way that reveals intelligence and "horsonality". My cat does too.

I feel the same way.

Our dogs have always been part of our family.  I interact with her just as I would another person.

Now we have Tiny kitty who is an outside cat.  Who knows what she eats other than the cat food I give her?

Still she is a member of the family.

Devon Olsen wrote:im not doing this simply for practicality, but it seems more respectful to me to use his body for more "practical" (really for lack of a better word at the moment) purposes than just putting him in the ground

I keep telling this to my GF and her kids about our older chickens.  They keep saying that certain ones can't be eaten because they are pets but others can be eaten when the time comes.  My point is the chicken was raised properly and well cared for in exchange for the eggs, but in the end does the chicken deserve to rot away in a hole in the ground or should we dress it out when it is still healthy and make it into delicious soup?  I think using every part as best as possible is much more respectful, and eliminates waste.

When the times comes people will eat those stray animals.  Food is more important than "social norms".

My husband's Haitian friend frim work was amazed at how many cats he saw just walking around the neighborhood. He said in Haiti you never see cat on the street, they taste too good. And he went on to offer coming to dinner so his wife could cook cat tail for us, which was a politely  declined invitation. But if I had been given the offer I would be telling you how Haitian cat tastes...

I also wouldn't want to eat something that has been vaccinated its whole life, every year with multiple bioaccumulating mercury, squalene, and formaldehyde shots.... I'd make sure to eat strays or veal.